are we supposed to pick on you?

Been there, done that.

Its not a Pick-nik39 thread. ;)

Tweedle Beetle

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Right--thanks nik :)

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Hoping Clark sees this thread...

so

I like cucumber sandwiches and some roast sunflower seeds on my picnics...

I'll set the blanket out.....

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i didn't know picnics were racist,maybe a little gay,but racist??

are you sure you're not talking about eeenie meenie miney moe...

apparently it was orininally "eeenie meenie miney moe catch a n****r by the toe..."--thats racist

Why is this thread necessary? It's not even funny.

Also, no, I haven't seen this thread.

i wasn't trying to be funny, it is supposedly true

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Back when I was in college, there was a big uproar on campus because one of the dorms wanted to have a "picnic." There was so much controversy over using that word, they changed it to "barbecue." But then some folks claimed even that term had racial origins; so finally the event was officially called a "cookout."

One way or another, everybody still wanted chicken and ribs on the grill... and some potato salad...

$0.02

;-)

Talk about political correctness out of control...

It's easy to call it PC if you're of the lighter persuasion. And, we all know White people choose that at birth!

Well, I'm not really sure what that means, but "barbecue" comes from a method of cooking from a now extinct aboriginal Caribbean tribe.

I'm a white guy from Toronto--if there are some sensitive issues behind this word that stem from another culture/place, I'd love to be enlightened.

That's the etymology I've found for barbecue as well. However, the claim I heard back in college was that it evolved from the phrase "barb-a-coon," wherein folks from The South (TM) would string up Mr. Joe Blackman and literally burn him at the stake.

However, looking back at it all, I don't ever recall anyone citing references for any of those "racially-originated" slogans...

oh god

so yeah, sandwiches

I like them...

Well, you mix-monkeys asked for this thread.

I GOTTA TELL YOU. THIS WHOLE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT'S OUT OF CONTROL REALLY SUCKS DICK. THE POPULATION IS BECOMING A BUNCH OF FAGGOTS AND NIGGERS (WHATEVER THAT MEANS) WHO JUST WANT A REASON TO BITCH ABOUT ANYTHING. FUCKEN BEANERS. OH WAIT, THAT'S ME. :P

OH YEAH, AND THIS WHOLE CAP LOCK CRAP IS ALSO ANNOYING. :P





WHAT'S NEXT... CONTROL HOW MANY A'S AND E'S YOU CAN SPIT IN ONE SENTENCE?

why do kids have to wear helmets while riding a bike?

Of course, I can't say so definitively, but I think that might be a hoax too. I'm assuming "barb" here means "to cook", so where does "barb" come from? Likely from "barbecue", and a word can't come from another word that originates in the first word...if you know what I mean.

I GOTTA AGREE WITH SIXXX--I THINK IT'S OUT OF CONTROL TOO.

So to barb someone would be to run a sharp stick through them. And perhaps some really mean-spirited person added fire to the mix just because... hey... you got a dude on a stick...:-(

But yes, to me it sounds like urban-legend-hoax crap.


And for the record, a barbecue/picnic/cookout isn't a barb-pic-out (new word?) without potato salad. ;-)

Yeah, I thought of "barb" as in hook too, but considering the context, I thought it was more likely that it was what I described above, so I still call hoax.

So whens the picnic? and where? Thanks im new.

what do Girls and Airplanes have in common?

PICKNICKS!!! =P

what the hell?

COCKPITS!

ohhhhhhh.

well the true is answer is...they both have cock pits...ohhh

what is really the deal here?

Read the 7th post down.

So it's not picknicks??? :(